This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Spotify went public today. Market Watch has some of the numbers: The stock’s first trade was at $165.90 at 12:43 p.m. ET for 5.7 million shares, according to FactSet, or 27% above the reference price of $132. The stock then rose to an intraday high of $169, before falling to a low of $148.48. The stock was recently 9.8% below its opening price in afternoon trade. Expand - View Original
If only I had money to burn, I'd buy some of this. They're in a pretty stable spot and haven't (as far as I know) made any decisions to annoy their customers like Apple Music has.
Truly hope they've got some way to make their model profitable without raising prices on users or lowering royalties on artists, but what the hell do I know